Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Thalasseus [sandvicensis, acuflavidus or eurygnathus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

• Thalasseus [elegans x eurygnathus] (hybrid)
• Thalasseus [sandvicensis x eurygnathus] (hybrid)
• Thalasseus [acuflavidus x eurygnathus] (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Grootsterretjie (Cayenne)
Arabic: خرشنة سندويتشية (eurygnathus)
Asturian: Garrochín crestudu (eurygnathus)
Azerbaijani: Alaburun susüpürən (eurygnathus yarımnövü)
Bulgarian: Гривеста рибарка (ssp. eurygnathus)
Catalan: Xatrac becllarg (eurygnathus)
Czech: rybák severní (ssp. eurygnathus)
Danish: Amerikansk Splitterne (ssp. eurygnathus), Cayenneterne
German: Brandseeschwalbe (eurygnathus)
Greek: Χειμωνογλάρονο (eurygnathus)
English: Cayenne Tern, Sandwich Tern (Cayenne)
English, HBW: Sandwich Tern (Cayenne)
English (IOC): Cabot's Tern (Cayenne)
English (United States): Sandwich Tern (Cayenne)
Spanish: Charrán de Sandwich (eurygnathus), Charrán Patinegro (eurygnathus), Gaviotín Cayene, Gaviotín del Cayena, Gaviotín pico amarillo
Spanish (Argentine): Gaviotín pico amarillo, Gaviotín Pico Amarillo (eurygnathus)
Spanish (Chile): Gaviotín de Sandwich (eurygnathus)
Spanish (Costa Rica): Pagaza Puntiamarilla (eurygnathus)
Spanish (Cuba): Gaviota de Sandwich (eurygnathus)
Spanish (Ecuador): Gaviotín de Sandwich (eurygnathus)
Spanish (Spain): Charrán Patinegro (eurygnathus)
Spanish (HBW): Sandwich Tern (Cayenne)
Spanish (Mexico): Charrán de Sandwich (eurygnathus)
Spanish (Panama): Gaviotín Puntiamarillo (eurygnathus)
Spanish (Peru): Gaviotín de Pata Negra (eurygnathus)
Spanish (Uruguay): Gaviotín del Cayena, Gaviotín Pico Amarillo (Cayenne), Gaviotín Pico Amarillo (Subesp. eurygnathus)
Basque: Txenada hankabeltza (eurygnathus)
Persian: پرستو دریایی کاکلی تُک ‌زرد (eurygnathus)
Finnish: riuttatiira (eurygnathus)
French: Sterne caugek (Cayenne), Sterne caugek (eurygnathus), Sterne de Cayenne
Galician: Carrán cristado (eurygnathus)
Hebrew: שחפית שחורת-מקור (קריבית)
Armenian: Սպիտակաքիթ ջրածիծառ (eurygnathus)
Icelandic: Þaraþerna (eurygnathus)
Japanese (romaji): nambeiooajisashi, sandoitchiajisashi (eurygnathus)
Japanese: サンドイッチアジサシ (eurygnathus), サンドイッチアジサシ（eurygnathus）
Scientific: Sterna eurygnatha, Sterna sandvicensis eurygnatha, Thalasseus acuflavidus eurygnatha, Thalasseus acuflavidus eurygnathus, Thalasseus eurygnatha, Thalasseus eurygnathus, Thalasseus sandvicensis eurygnatha, Thalasseus sandvicensis eurygnathus
Lithuanian: Margasnapė žuvėdra (eurygnathus)
Dutch: Grote Stern (eurygnathus)
Norwegian: splitterne (eurygnathus)
Polish: rybitwa czubata (eurygnathus), rybitwa gujanska, rybitwa gujańska
Portuguese: trinta-réis-de-bico-amarelo
Portuguese (Brazil): trinta-réis-de-bando (eurygnathus)
Portuguese (Portugal): garajau-comum (eurygnathus), Garajau-de-bico-preto (eurygnathus)
Russian: Пестроносая крачка (eurygnathus)
Slovak: rybár guyanský, rybár guyanský (skup.)
Slovenian: Kričava čigra (eurygnathus)
Serbian: Dugokljuna čigra (eurygnathus)
Swedish: Cabots tärna (eurygnathus)
Turkish: Kara Gagalı Sumru (eurygnathus)
Chinese: 白嘴端凤头燕鸥 (eurygnathus)